Houston, TX 77060 is located in the heart of Houston and is part of Harris County. The area is represented by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and State Senator Borris Miles in the Texas Legislature. At the local level, Houston City Council Member Wanda Adams represents District D, which covers 77060. Residents can keep up with the latest political news in the area through their respective websites or by attending local meetings and hearings. The residents of 77060 have a strong voice in their government and are an important part of Houston's democracy.
The political climate in Zip 77060 (Houston, TX) is moderately liberal.
Harris County, TX is somewhat liberal. In Harris County, TX 55.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harris county remained strongly Democratic, 55.9% to 42.7%.
Harris county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 77060 (Houston, TX) is moderately liberal.
Houston, Texas is moderately liberal.
Harris County, Texas is somewhat liberal.
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Texas is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Houston, Texas: R R d d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 77060 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $7,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $20,694 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)